Definition of amount

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Amount (n.) The sum total of two or more sums or quantities; the aggregate; the whole quantity; a totality; as, the amount of 7 and 9 is 16; the amount of a bill; the amount of this year's revenue..

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Paper :: Paper (n.) Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper..
Shoddy :: Shoddy (v. t.) A fabric of inferior quality made of, or containing a large amount of, shoddy..
Ullage :: Ullage (n.) The amount which a vessel, as a cask, of liquor lacks of being full; wantage; deficiency..
Bulker :: Bulker (n.) A person employed to ascertain the bulk or size of goods, in order to fix the amount of freight or dues payable on them..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To become larger in amount; as, many little debts added, swell to a great amount..
Spoliator :: Spoliative (a.) Serving to take away, diminish, or rob; esp. (Med.), serving to diminish sensibily the amount of blood in the body; as, spoliative bloodletting..
Put :: Put (n.) A privilege which one party buys of another to put (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, etc., at a certain price and date..
Boatful :: Boatful (n.) The quantity or amount that fills a boat.
Loss :: Loss (v. t.) Destruction or diminution of value, if brought about in a manner provided for in the insurance contract (as destruction by fire or wreck, damage by water or smoke), or the death or injury of an insured person; also, the sum paid or payable therefor; as, the losses of the company this year amount to a million of dollars..
Installment :: Installment (n.) A portion of a debt, or sum of money, which is divided into portions that are made payable at different times. Payment by installment is payment by parts at different times, the amounts and times being often definitely stipulated..
Endosmometer :: Endosmometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the force or amount of endosmotic action.
Shortage :: Shortage (n.) Amount or extent of deficiency, as determined by some requirement or standard; as, a shortage in money accounts..
Megavolt :: Megavolt (n.) One of the larger measures of electro-motive force, amounting to one million volts..
Complement :: Complement (v. t.) Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness..
Erythrogranulose :: Erythrogranulose (n.) A term applied by Brucke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine..
Tonnage :: Tonnage (n.) The whole amount of shipping estimated by tons; as, the tonnage of the United States. See Ton..
Outsell :: Outsell (v. t.) To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than.
Strabismus :: Strabismometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the amount of strabismus.
Diminish :: Diminish (v. t.) To make smaller in any manner; to reduce in bulk or amount; to lessen; -- opposed to augment or increase.
Little :: Little (n.) That which is little; a small quantity, amount, space, or the like..
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